Chapter 14 Musculoskeletal System, Quiz 2, ANSWERS

1. laminectomy: excision of the lamina (relieve symptoms of ruptured disk)
2. ossteoclasis: surgical breaking of a bone
3. myoplasty: surgical repair of a muscle
4. osteotome: instrument used for cutting the bone
5. aponeurorrhaphy: suture of an aponeurosis
6. bursectomy: excision of a bursa
7. chondrectomy: excision of a cartilage
8. athroplasty: surgical repair of a joint
9. bursolith: stone in the bursa
10. cranioschisis: (congenital) fissure of the skull
11. arthrochondritis: inflammation of joint cartilages
12. kyphosis: abnormal hump (also called hunchback)
13. maxillitis: inflammation of the maxilla
14. chondromalacia: softening of cartilage
15. myasthenia: muscle weakness
16. ostoefibroma: tumor of the bone an fibrous tissues
17. osteitis: inflammation of the bone
18. tendinitis: inflammation of a tendon
19. spondylarthitis: inflammation of the vertebral joints
20. osteopetrosis: abnormal condition of stone

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